‘The working class needs to take political power in our own hands’

Vol. 89/No. 25 - July 21, 2025
Kevin Dwire, center, SWP candidate for Minneapolis mayor, and Edwin Fruit, right, candidate for Minneapolis City Council, talk with Tonisha Bond July 2. She signed to put Dwire on ballot.

SWP campaign in Minneapolis goes over the top in ballot drive MINNEAPOLIS — After nine days of campaigning throughout the city, Socialist Workers Party members have collected 757 signatures, over the goal of 750, to put Kevin Dwire, the SWP’s…


Hospital strike ends in Oakland, workers vow to continue fight

Vol. 89/No. 25 - July 21, 2025
“We’re going back with our heads high,” NUHW shop steward Jackki Patrick, front center, told the Militant. Union is continuing fight to keep contract at Oakland hospital.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Hospital workers ended a strike at University of California Benioff Children’s Hospital here June 30 after a judge denied a motion by their union, the National Union of Healthcare Workers, for an injunction to halt the University…



Communist League in Canada launches campaign in Quebec

Vol. 89/No. 25 - July 21, 2025
Katy LeRougetel, candidate for Montreal mayor, tells June 28 campaign forum, “Workers need to fight for our own interests.” At left is Philippe Tessier, CL candidate for mayor of St. Leonard.

MONTREAL — The Communist League launched the campaigns of Katy LeRougetel for mayor of Montreal and Philippe Tessier for mayor of the borough of St. Leonard at a lively Militant Labor Forum here June 28. LeRougetel is a member of…





Australia rallies protest new rise in threats, attacks against Jews

Vol. 89/No. 25 - July 21, 2025
Robert Gregory, president of Australian Jewish Association, condemned attacks on Jews at July 6 rally in Parramatta, western Sydney. Actions were held in Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth.

SYDNEY — A new spate of Jew-hating attacks took place in Melbourne, in southeast Australia, July 4-6, including an arson attack on a synagogue, a physical assault on workers and patrons at a Jewish restaurant, as well as the torching…


Amazon uses robots for speedup to boost exploitation, profits

Vol. 89/No. 25 - July 21, 2025

Amazon now deploys more than 1 million robots in its warehouses, company officials boast, but this doesn’t make life easier for its workforce. Instead, it increases the exploitation of the 1.2 million workers employed worldwide in Amazon’s distribution centers through…


Letters

Vol. 89/No. 25 - July 21, 2025

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ At the beginning of hurricane season the government of Florida, backed by the White House, opened the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigrant detention center in the Everglades. Tents will hold up to 5,000 beds inside chain-link cages. Officials claim the…